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“Legacy”: Dr. Uché Blackstock on How Racism Shapes …

WEBAMY GOODMAN: The book is titled Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. Dr. Uché Blackstock is an emergency medicine physician, CEO …

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“This Is How Black People Get Killed”: Dr. Susan Moore …

WEBAs the United States reports record deaths and hospitalizations from COVID-19 in the final days of 2020, we look at how the pandemic that ravaged the …

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“Bedlam”: Film Shows How Decades of Healthcare …

WEBdirector of the film Bedlam, author of Bedlam: An Intimate Journey into America’s Health Crisis and an addiction psychiatrist affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical …

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Pandemic Profiteers: Hospitals Sued Patients over Medical …

WEBWe look at pandemic profiteering in the medical system as a new report by Kaiser Health News reveals some of the nation’s richest hospitals recorded hundreds of …

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Dr. Uché Blackstock on “Legacy: A Black Physician …

WEBBlackstock’s new book is called Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. Dr. Blackstock, her twin sister Oni and their mother Dale all …

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Michael Moore: Americans Pay More for Healthcare Than …

WEBWe continue our interview with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore about election 2020 and some of the major issues for voters. Long before …

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“The Myth of Normal”: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Illness …

WEBIn an extended interview, acclaimed physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté discusses his new book, just out, called “The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and …

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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical …

WEBmedical writer and editor. She is a visiting scholar at DePaul University School of Law. Previously she was a fellow in medical ethics at Harvard Medical School …

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Remembering Dr. Paul Farmer: A Public Health Pioneer …

WEBWe remember the life and legacy of Dr. Paul Farmer, a public health icon who spent decades building community health networks helping millions of poor people …

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NY Dems Pass Medical Debt Relief as Progressives Push …

WEBvice president of Health Initiatives at the Community Service Society of New York and co-founder of Health Care for All New York.

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“We’re Dying Here”: The Fight for Life in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

WEBA damning new Human Rights Watch report documents the devastating human toll of fossil fuel projects in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, an 85-mile corridor …

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A National State of Emergency: Human Rights Campaign Sounds …

WEBThe Human Rights Campaign has declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the United States over a wave of discriminatory laws passed in states across …

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Gaza Ceasefire Could Save 75,000 from Death: Report

WEBA new report on Gaza’s escalating health crisis projects that due to the extent of destruction wrought upon the region’s infrastructure since October, thousands …

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Sweden Provides Free Higher Education, Universal Healthcare, Free

WEBMedicare for All and tuition-free universities have been at the core of the 2020 Democratic presidential campaigns, creating a stark division between progressive …

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Headlines for April 23, 2024 Democracy Now!

WEBMore Bodies Uncovered at Nasser Hospital Grave as U.N. Warns of Intergenerational Trauma in Gaza; U.N. Commission Says Israel Still Has Not Provided …

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Sudan’s Healthcare on Brink Amid Fighting & Targeted Attacks on …

WEBFighting between rival military factions in Sudan targeting medical facilities has left the country’s healthcare system on the verge of collapse. With a limited amount …

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American Public Health Association Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza

WEBHeadline Nov 20, 2023. The American Public Health Association’s governing council is calling on President Biden and Congress to press for a ceasefire in Gaza. A resolution …

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“Aftershock”: Film Explores Disproportionate Black Maternal …

WEBWith the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the battleground for abortion access now shifts to the states, even as the U.S. faces the worst rates of maternal mortality …

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Public Health vs. Politics: White House Scrapped Nationwide

WEBAs the U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 155,000, there is still no national testing program, with widespread shortages and delays hampering efforts to contain the …

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“The Worst of What Humanity Is Capable Of”: Pediatrician Dr.

WEBAlmost six months into Israel’s assault, Gaza’s health sector has been completely decimated. Before October 7, Gaza had 36 hospitals. Now only two are …

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Atlanta Police Violently Arrest Emory Students & Faculty to Clear …

WEBAs a wave of student protests against Israel’s war on Gaza continues to spread from coast to coast, schools and law enforcement have responded with increasing …

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Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup HQ in NYC to Demand …

WEBHundreds of climate activists gathered at the global headquarters of Citigroup in New York on Wednesday to demand the banking giant stop financing fossil fuel …

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